Facebook's Android event, Oculus Rift, and more - 90 Seconds on The Verge: Friday, March 29th, 2013
Facebook's Android event, Oculus Rift, and more - 90 Seconds on The Verge: Friday, March 29th, 2013
2013-03-29
it's Friday March 29th 2013 i'm brian
bishop I'm TC sadak and we're here at
the 2013 game developers conference in
san francisco and this is 90 seconds on
the verge facebook is ready to reveal
its latest mobile plans the company will
hold an event next week to show off its
quote new home on android it will
reportedly be a facebook enhanced
version of the operating system that
will debut on a new HTC smartphone the
New York Times reports that the new
version will replace the android home
screen with the users Facebook page
instead the standard camera and
messaging apps reportedly be replaced
with facebook apps as well we'll be
there at the event on thursday equal for
developers are finally getting their
hands on the oculus rift virtual reality
headset a company announced that started
shipping out developer kits this week
they're going both to Kickstarter
backers as well as those who ordered the
dev kit directly from oculus founder
Palmer Luckey told us that the company
has logged 13,000 orders so far now it's
time to see what developers will do with
it I was able to play an early version
of Hawkin and a demo racing game on the
rift earlier this week and then I felt
sick but it was a really cool kind of
sick and finally sports fans may have a
new live streaming option HBO GO
yesterday HBO Sports president Ken
Hershman said the company would be
offering live sports on the streaming
app by the end of the year however an
executive later clarified that it didn't
have any immediate plans to offer boxing
an HBO mainstay of course if you want
some competitive bloodsport in the
meantime there's always Game of Thrones
and those are today's top stories join
us next week when we debut our two man
show snapchat the musical
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